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OFTEC Courses

At the Grant UK Training Centre in Swindon, we offer a comprehensive range of courses for heating professionals seeking OFTEC competent persons scheme registration for oil storage and supply, oil appliance installation, oil commissioning and servicing as well as air source heat pump installation.

OFTEC Training Courses with Grant UK

The OFTEC competent persons scheme provides registration for suitably qualified technicians and installers who work with oil-fired heating systems, renewable heating systems and unvented hot water systems to ensure they meet and maintain high technical and safety standards. Grant UK’s Training Academy in Swindon is an approved OFTEC training centre and our Trainers deliver OFTEC oil training courses and assessment as well as OFTEC heat pump training and assessment.

What is OFTEC?

First established in 1991 as the Oil Firing Technical Association, OFTEC is the trade organisation for the domestic oil-fired heating industry in the UK and Republic of Ireland. It also operates a registration scheme for competent persons that now includes installers of renewable technologies including liquid biofuels and heat pumps. Recently renamed OFTEC Ltd to reflect the broader range of technologies it now covers, it works with technicians, installers and heating engineers as well as manufacturers, government, heating industry colleagues and other certification bodies involved in the heating sector. It plays a crucial role in maintaining standards within the sector by offering a range of registration services, certifications, training and technical support.

How to become OFTEC registered

Before an individual technician and the business they work for can apply to become OFTEC registered, both must fulfil the requirements for the registration being applied for. This can include prerequisites relating to appropriate skills and competencies or suitable business policies being in place. In addition, for installers to become OFTEC registered, they will need to complete specific training and assessment courses.

Technicians, engineers and installers seeking OFTEC certification with liquid fuel heating systems or air source heat pump systems can do so through the OFTEC training courses offered by Grant UK. By completing an OFTEC course, participants will not only acquire knowledge and skills but the qualifications gained from successful completion of the assessments can make them eligible to apply for OFTEC registration and, in the case of air source heat pumps, other certification schemes, such as MCS.

Is OFTEC registration mandatory?

OFTEC registration is not mandatory but it is recommended for heating technicians to be a member of a competent persons scheme, such as OFTEC, as this allows installers to sign off their own work and to simplify notification of their oil and heat pump installations to Local Building Control via OFTEC. Some homeowners will specifically want an OFTEC approved engineer to attend their heating system. Furthermore, technicians holding the relevant OFTEC registration will allow them to carry out additional levels of work on a heating system, for example commissioning an oil-fired boiler as well as installing it. In the case of renewable heating systems, having the relevant OFTEC heat pump qualifications can enable an installer to apply for MCS certification and therefore install systems which are eligible for Government funding.

What to expect from Grant UK’s Training Academy

Grant UK’s flagship training centre in Swindon, Wiltshire, offers state of the art facilities to heating professionals, providing an engaging learning environment for all who step through its doors whether that be for product training or an OFTEC course. Grant UK’s Trainers have a wealth of experience in both the oil heating and heat pump sector, being experts in the field and they provide high quality OFTEC training to engineers. With dedicated oil boiler and heat pump workshops, interactive screens in every training room and air conditioned lecture rooms, visit Grant UK’s Training Academy to complete your OFTEC training and assessment.

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For further details about Grant UK’s OFTEC Courses, please visit our training courses page or to book a place, please contact our Training Team.

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